Free German der, die, das and cases guide

What's inside

• der, die or das?The endings that really tell you the gender, like -ung, -heit and -keit for die and -chen for das, the honest exceptions, how long words get their gender, and the plural, which is always die.
• The four casesNominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ and Genitiv in plain words, each with an example, then der, die, das, ein and kein in all four cases with every change shaded.
• Words that pick the caseThe Akkusativ words durch, für, gegen, ohne and um, the Dativ words like mit, bei and zu, the two-way words with where to and where side by side, and short forms like im, zum and ins.
• Pronouns by caseich, mich, mir and every other pronoun in one table with my and your, the verbs that take the Dativ, like helfen and gefallen, and why it's Mir ist kalt, not Ich bin kalt.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in German shows, like Ich liebe dich, Hilf mir! and Ich gehe ins Kino, to read and name the case, then ten gaps to fill. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn the basic German words first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say five nouns you know with their der, die or das.
3. Say one column of the case table out loud each day, then cover it and say it again.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for mir, dich and dem in shows with Kitsumi.

More free German printables

• Next stepGerman verbs guideMake verbs say who and when: the endings, verb second, modals, separable verbs and the Perfekt.
• 100 German phrases from showsThen pick up the lines shows use all the time: Na?, Doch!, Ich liebe dich or Ich hab dich lieb, Lass mich in Ruhe and what Digga and Ehrenmann really mean.
• Basic German wordsStart here. How every letter sounds, then 215 first words with der, die and das in colour.

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